"the worst happens when you least expect it"

“Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God.”

“When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.”

“The white people's thought is full of ignorance. They constantly devastate the land they live on and transform the waters they drink into quagmires! There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end.”

Source : "'People in the west live squeezed together, frenzied as wasps in the nest'". Interview with John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. December 30, 2014.

“I'm not scared of getting hurt. I'm not scared of, pretty much, anything. If you live your life scared, what's the fun in living it? If you were scared of getting hit by a car, would you still cross the street?”

“Most people don't realize turkeys are friendly, they're social, they're loyal, they have emotions.”

Source : "Thanksgiving Q&A: Shannon Elizabeth’s New Tradition — Adopt A Turkey!". Interview with Christopher Locke, www.accesshollywood.com. November 21, 2012.

“There is a sweet anguish springing up in our bosoms when a child's face brightens under the shadow of the waiting angel. There is an autumnal fitness when age gives up the ghost; and when the saint dies there is a tearful victory.”

“The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers but won't tell.”

“I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.”